I think that in general, parents of socially adjusted kids send them to public school because they know they'll succeed in public schools (as dismal as success in public schools may actually be) and they feel they have no reason to to consider other options. This means that it's parents who are a little worried about their kids are the ones who start thinking about homeschool as an option because they're already concerned about the social aptitude of their kids.
This results in a majority of homeschoolers being socially maladjusted because that's how they started out--it's the only reason they were homeschooled in the first place. They're mixed in with a minority of homeschooled kids whose parents made the decision to take control of their education out of an intellectually sound desire to give their kids something better.
To me, this highlights something that is broken in American (and maybe world) culture. Homeschooling isn't seen as an option. It's frowned upon both because it's received a bad reputation from the social misfits that are homeschooled and from states (in the geopolitical sense) who want children to receive the education that they sanction, not what parents might see best for their kids--because who knows, that could lead to subversiveness!
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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
One more thing (while I'm at it).
I think that in general, parents of socially adjusted kids send them to public school because they know they'll succeed in public schools (as dismal as success in public schools may actually be) and they feel they have no reason to to consider other options. This means that it's parents who are a little worried about their kids are the ones who start thinking about homeschool as an option because they're already concerned about the social aptitude of their kids.
This results in a majority of homeschoolers being socially maladjusted because that's how they started out--it's the only reason they were homeschooled in the first place. They're mixed in with a minority of homeschooled kids whose parents made the decision to take control of their education out of an intellectually sound desire to give their kids something better.
To me, this highlights something that is broken in American (and maybe world) culture. Homeschooling isn't seen as an option. It's frowned upon both because it's received a bad reputation from the social misfits that are homeschooled and from states (in the geopolitical sense) who want children to receive the education that they sanction, not what parents might see best for their kids--because who knows, that could lead to subversiveness!